UCP 10-01, 076

~1950 BCE·Old Babylonian·P248121

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248121.

Why it matters

Transliteration

_3(u) 5(disz) udu-nita2 mu-kux(DU) sumun_
sza3 4(disz) szu _us2-sa_
_3(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2_
_1(disz) ur4 mu-kux(DU) gibil_
_szunigin_ 1(disz) szu-szi 9(disz) _udu hi-a_
sza _mu-kux(DU)_
_3(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2_
_4(u) ur4_
_szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) udu hi-a_
_na!-gada_ nu-ri-ia
_szunigin 1(disz) me 4(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2_
sza a-na _e2_ bu-qu2-mi i-ru-bu
_iti_ e-lu-nu _u4 3(disz)-kam_
_mu sahar_ zi-ku-ra-at utu

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — UCP 10-01, 076. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA (P248121) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P248121..

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